NAME

ftimes-sortini - Sort dig output by hostname, name, and offset

SYNOPSIS

ftimes-sortini [-r] [-m mode] [-s sort-utility] [-T tmp-dir] -f {file|-}

DESCRIPTION

This utility sorts dig output by hostname (when present), name, and offset. The input format can vary so long as it contains at least the 'name' and 'offset' fields. The two most common formats are:

    name|type|tag|offset|string

and

    hostname|name|type|tag|offset|string|joiner

The first is produced by ftimes(1) and hipdig(1), and the second is produced by ftimes-dig2dbi(1).

OPTIONS

-f {file|-}

Specifies the name of the input file. A value of '-' will cause the program to read from stdin.

-m mode

Sets the sort mode, which can be one of {e|ext|external} or {i|int|internal}. The default mode is external.

-r

Causes the input to be sorted in reverse order.

-s sort-utility

Specifies the name of an alternate sort utility. Names specified without a path should work if they can be found using the PATH environment variable. GNU sort is the expected sort utility, but alternate utilities can be used if they support the '-k', '-r', '-T', and '-t' options in the same manner as the GNU implementation.

-T tmp-dir

Specifies the directory sort(1) should use as its temporary work area. The default directory is that assigned to the TMPDIR environment variable, or /tmp if TMPDIR is not set.

AUTHOR

Klayton Monroe

SEE ALSO

ftimes(1), ftimes-dig2dbi(1), hipdig(1)

HISTORY

This utility was initially written to support ftimes-proximo(1).

This utility first appeared in FTimes 3.9.0.

LICENSE

All documentation and code are distributed under same terms and conditions as FTimes.